Rhode Island General Laws Title 20. Fish and Wildlife § 20-2.1-3. Definitions

(1) “ Activity Standard” means a level of fishing participation used to establish criteria for the issuance of new licenses.

(2) “ Commercial fisherman” means a natural person licensed to catch, harvest, or take marine species from the marine waters for sale.

(3) “ Council” means the marine fisheries council established by chapter 3 of this title.

(4) “ Crustaceans” means lobsters, crabs, shrimp, and for purposes of this chapter it also includes horseshoe crabs.

(5) “ Director” means the director of the department of environmental management.

(6) “ Family member” means a spouse, mother, father, brother, sister, child, or grandchild of the holder or transferor of a commercial fishing license.

(7) “ Finfish” means cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates with fins, including fish, sharks, rays, skates, and eels and also includes, for the purposes of this chapter, squid.

(8) “ Fisheries sectors” means and comprises crustaceans, finfish, and shellfish, as defined in this section, each of which shall singularly be considered a fishery sector.

(9) “ Fishery Endorsement” means the authorization for a license holder to participate in a designated fishery sector at a limited or unlimited level.

(10) “ Grace period” means sixty (60) calendar days commencing the last day of February and shall only apply to renewals of licenses from the immediately preceding year.

(11) “ Medical hardship” means a significant medical condition that renders an active licensed person unable to fish for a period in excess of fourteen (14) days, either as a result of the physical loss of function or impairment of a body part or parts, or debilitating pain. Demonstration of the medical hardship shall be in the form of a diagnosis and prognosis signed by a medical doctor (M.D. or O.D.).

(12) “ Medical Incapacity” means death or injury that renders an active license holder permanently unable to actively fish. Demonstration of medical incapacity shall be in the form of a death certificate, or a diagnosis and prognosis signed by a medical doctor (M.D. or O.D.).

(13) “ Other Endorsement” means the authorization for a license holder or vessel to participate in a designated activity.

(14) “ Shellfish” means quahogs, clams, mussels, scallops, oysters, conches, and mollusks in general other than squid.

(15) “ Student commercial fisherman” means a resident twenty-three (23) years of age or younger, licensed pursuant to this chapter, who is a full-time student.